Where's the Highest Prices for Gas? Chicago may Be the Highest...

Some Chicagoans are heading to the suburbs to fill up their tanks, as gas prices continue to climb in the city limits.

According to the latest Lundberg Survey of fuel prices, Chicago has the highest gas prices in the contiguous United States. While the average price of gas reportedly rose by 12 cents in the past two weeks, Chicago is well above the national average--paying about $4.27 per gallon.

Many Chicagoans are paying more than that, however. Chicagogasprices.com reports that a Northwest Side BP station is charging $4.69 per regular gallon, and prices remain in the $4.30-$4.50 range throughout much of the city.

“That's why I'm only putting 10-bucks in here and then going up to the suburbs in Lake County and put the rest, that's my plan right now,” Chicagoan Mark Jacobsen told Fox Chicago.

Prices in the suburbs range from $4.07 per gallon at the Costco station in Melrose Park to the $4.20 range in some southwest suburbs, according to Chicagogasprices.com.

President Obama discussed the issue of high gas prices in his weekly address, and told donors in Los Angeles that prices at the pump have quite an impact on his polling numbers.

"These gas prices are killing you right now," Obama said at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, acknowledging that many Americans can't afford new fuel-efficient cars and must drive older models.. For some, he said, the cost of a fill-up has all but erased the benefit of the payroll tax holiday that he and congressional Republicans agreed on last December. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/25/chicagos-gas-prices-highe_n_853201.html

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No End in Sight for Rising Fuel Prices! Want an Answer?

As Wausau's Jeff Foster stood at the pump beside his Chevy Suburban and watched the final bill climb ever upward and into triple digits, he had just one word for today's gasoline prices: frustrating.

Near-record prices for a gallon of regular unleaded gas are fueling the indignation of local residents such as Foster, who said he logs up to 1,000 miles each week as an orthodontist traveling between his company's offices in Medford, Stevens Point, Rhinelander and Wausau.

"It's frustrating because I don't see an end in sight," said Foster, 33, as he filled his tank in Rib Mountain.

This week, the cost of a gallon of regular gas climbed above $4 at many Wausau-area gas stations -- up 40 cents from one month ago, more than $1 higher than in 2010 and flirting with the record of $4.11 per gallon in 2008, according to the Automobile Association of America, or AAA.

The price for diesel fuel is even higher than that of regular unleaded, but the $4.15-per-gallon that Ralph Jackson paid at the Rib Mountain BP station is nearly 30 cents cheaper than he paid in New York two days ago. Even though he's budgeting more for fuel, hauling mostly frozen and fresh food from the East Coast to the Rockies, the $400-plus he paid for 100 gallons Friday still stung... Read the whole thing HERE.

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Soaring Gas Prices Digs Deep into Family Budgets

Beloit native Laurie Schreiber is checking grocery ads much more closely these days for the best bargains. South Beloit resident Anthony Range has changed his driving habits and rarely fills his truck’s gas tank.

Beloit Clark service station owner Raj Patel hears first hand how high gas
prices are and how they are impacting everyday people at the pump and elsewhere.

“It’s extremely high right now and the trend is to keep going higher,” Range said, as he put gas in his truck at the Beloit Clark station on Broad Street. “There’s no more joy driving. It’s just from point A to point B. You’ve got the gas prices combined with the food and utility prices and we need help.”

The far-reaching effects of rising gas prices are becoming clear across the Stateline Area as residents dig deeper into their pockets to pay for their everyday needs, including gas.

To further Range’s point about high food prices, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the price of food rose 3.6 percent in February, the largest single month increase in 34 years. A good portion of that increase can be attributed to gas prices which now sit about $1 higher than this time last year

The average person or family is paying $1,100 more annually for gas based on today’s gas prices and fuel use of 1,100 gallons of gas per year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. And businesses are in no way escaping the pain at the pump.

For some perspective on how high gas prices are and what their impact is, last year at this time the average price of a gallon of gas was $2.88 in Wisconsin. As of Wednesday, it was $3.97, $3.87 nationally and over $4 a gallon in Illinois. A month ago, it was $3.58, according to Pam Moen, spokesperson for Wisconsin’s AAA Madison office.

http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2011/04/29/news/local_news/news2901.txt

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TAMPA - As the price at the pump continues to rise there's another necessity out there making customers cringe at the register.

"At the grocery store, especially poultry products, the eggs the milk, all of that has increased tremendously," said shopper Nancy Cooley.

Economists say food prices are up nearly seven percent.

Combine that with the high price at the pump and that means the combined costs of food and gas are eating up 15% of Americans total income. That's three percent higher than 2009 at the height of the recession.

Americans are certainly feeling the pinch.

"It's getting so bad that I had to go to work and right now I went for bankruptcy today," said Joanne Oshea of Spring Hill.

"I've noticed in the meat it's gone up extremely high," said Tom Frain of Clearwater.

Economists believe the rise in prices may signal another recession...

The prospect of that has economy weary Americans bracing for the worst.

"We don't know where things are going," said Frain.

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Killer Combo of High Gas, Food Prices at Key Tipping Point - CNBC

This year food prices have climbed 6.5 percent since the beginning of early January, according to Consumer Growth Partners.

"The combined increase in the necessities of food and energy creates a harsh double whammy for already stressed consumers," Johnson said. The last time this happened was in the recession that lasted from 1973 to 1975.

Johnson estimates that food and energy eat up about 15 percent of consumer spending at today's prices, compared with about 12.7 percent two years ago.

Killer Combo of High Gas, Food Prices at Key Tipping Point - CNBC

Soaring price of food!

Angry about your big grocery bill?

Chew on this: Our already high food prices are expected to climb even more this year, from 3.5 percent more for chicken to 8 percent more for beef and veal.

Blame soaring gas prices, rising costs for commodities like corn and wheat, and a bigger global demand for a smaller food supply. They're all pushing our food bills to unprecedented highs, with no immediate relief on the horizon.

Local grocers and shoppers say they can't remember when so many foods were this expensive.

"Everything has gone up," sighed Burt Saltzman, chairman of Dave's Supermarkets, tossing up his hands. "Every day, we get a list of new increases" on top of what's already still pricey.

"Tomatoes have never been this high. They're $3 a pound and usually this time of year they're $1.79 or $1.99.

"Asparagus is high, onions are high, peppers are high. Cucumbers were like $30 for a box of 24, more than twice what they were before. In all my life, I've never seen cucumbers that high."

'The most significant across-the-board increases I've seen in my life.'

Tom Heinen, co-president of Heinen's Fine Foods, said that without a doubt, "these are the most significant across-the-board increases I've seen in my life."

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/prices_graphic.html

Gas Prices Continue to Soar! No End in Sight...

Gas prices continue to soar: MyFoxBOSTON.com

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